Teens are dressing up as grandmas on TikTok to buy alcohol, but the videos are disappearing from the platform
- Teens are dressing up as grannies in order to buy alcohol without an ID.
- Several TikToks have been posted that show teenagers wearing a combination of face masks, makeup, and baggy cardigans to pull off the old person look.
- Thanks to many people wearing face coverings in stores during the coronavirus pandemic, they seem even more likely to get away with purchasing alcohol underage.
- However, two of the most popular TikToks have been made private or taken down.
- According to TikTok's community guidelines, content "that offers the purchase, sale, or trade of unlawfully acquired goods," will be removed.
Teens on TikTok have been showing how they sneakily purchase alcohol while under the legal drinking age.
They've been dressing up as grandmas in baggy cardigans, sandals, scarves, and masks. With a combination of makeup, Halloween masks, and convincing outfits, they've been able to successfully purchase alcohol under the guise of being old people who don't need ID.
They also used the era of COVID-19 as an advantage. Many people cover half their faces with face masks at the moment, making it harder to tell who is a teen is underneath.
In one video, posted by the user claare__18, a group of girls is seen dancing and dressing up their friend in a rubber mask, wig, and glasses, and they head to a 7-Eleven. She's then filmed waddling in a convincing old-woman style with a full bag of booze back to the car.
"Granny be looking a little different here!" the TikToker said in the caption. It was viewed over 2 million times, but has now been removed.
There have been several other photos of teens trying this trick out, but most have been taken down from the platform.
One video had 1.5 million views, according to the New York Post, and it showed a girl having wrinkles drawn on by her friends and entering a shop with wire-rimmed glasses and a headscarf.
In another video, which had two million views before it was removed, a girl pulled off her disguise with costume jewelry, sunglasses, and a what appears to be dry shampoo giving the illusion of gray hair.
According to TikTok's community guidelines, content will be removed "that offers the purchase, sale, or trade of unlawfully acquired goods."
"TikTok is a platform for positive, creative self-expression, and keeping our community safe is a top priority," a TikTok spokesperson told Insider. "Our Community Guidelines make clear what is not acceptable on our platform, and we use a combination of technologies and moderation teams to identify, review and, where appropriate, remove content that violates these guidelines."
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